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HONGKONG
The following is a list of those who have administered the Government from the date on which the Island was erected into a Colony:-
1843 Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., G.C.B. : 1844 Sir John Francis Davis, Bart., K.C.B.. 1848 Samuel George Bonham, C.B. 1851 Major-General W. Jervois (Lt.-Governor) 1851 Sir S. George Bonham, Bart., K.C.B. 1852 John Bowring, LL.D. (Acting) 1853 Sir S. George Bonham, Bart., K.C.B. 1854 Sir John Bowring, Kt., LL.D. 1854 Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Caine (Lt.-Governor) 1855 Sir John Bowring, Kt., LL.D... 1859 Colonel Caine (Lieut.-Governor) 1859 Sir Hercules G. R. Robinson, Kt. 1862 William Thomas Mercer (Acting) 1864 Sir Hercules G. R. Robinson, Kt. 1865 William Thomas Mercer (Acting) 1866 Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, Kt., C.B. 1870 Maj.-Gen. H.W. Whitfield (Lt.-Governor) 1871 Sir Richard G. MacDonnell, K.c.M.G., C.B. 1872 Sir Arthur E. Kennedy, K.C.M.G., C.B. 1875 John Gardiner Austin (Administrator) 1876 Sir Arthur E. Kennedy, K.C.M.G., C.B. 1877 Sir John Pope Hennessy, K.C.M.G. 1882 Wm. Hy. Marsh, c.M.G. (Administrator) 1883 Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.c.M.G. 1885 Wm. Hy. Marsh, C.M.G. (Administrator) 1887 Maj.-Gen. W. G. Cameron, C.B. (Adminis.) 1887 Sir George William Des Voeux, K.C.M G. 1890 Francis Fleming, c.M.G. (Administrator)
1890 Sir George William Des Voeux, K.C.M.G. 1891 Maj.-Gen. G. Digby Barker, C.B. (Adm.) 1891 Sir William Robinson, G.C.M.G. 1898 Maj.-Gen. Wilsone Black, C.B. (Adminr.) 1898 Sir Henry Arthur Blake, G.C.M.G. 1902 Maj.-Gen. Sir W. Gascoigne, K.C.M.G. (Adr.) 1902 Sir Henry Arthur Blake, G.C.M.G. 1903 Francis H. May, C.M.G. (Administrator) 1904 Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G.. 1906-7 Hon. Mr. F.H.May,c.M.G.,Admr. (1month) 1907 Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G.
1907 Brigadier Gen. Sir F. D. Lugard, K. C.MG. 1907 Hon. Mr. F. H. May C.M.G. (Adminis.). 1909-10 Sir H. May, K.C.M.G. (Administrator) 1910-12 Brig.-Gen. Sir F. D. Lugard, K C.M.G. 1912 Hon. Mr. Claud Severn (Administrator) 1912 Sir Henry May, K.C.M.G.
1913 Hon. Mr. Claud Severn (Administrator) 1914-19 Sir Henry May, K.C.M.G.
1917-18 Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, C.M.G. (Admr.) 1918-19 Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, C.M.G. (Admr.) 1919-25 Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs, K.C.M.G. 1922 Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, c.M.G. (Admr.) 1925 Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G. 1927 Hon. Mr. W. T. Southorn, c.M G. (Admr.)
for three months. 1928-30 Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G. 1930 Sir William Peel, K.B.E., K,C.M.G.
The Government is administered by a Governor, aided by an Executive Council of six officials and three unofficials. The Legislative Council is presided over by the Governor, and is composed of the Officer Commanding the Troops, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Treasurer, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, the Director of Public Works, the Inspector-General of Police, the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services the Harbour Master, and eight unofficial members, one of whom is elect- ed by the Chamber of Commerce and another by the Justices of the Peace. The remaining six, three of whom are of Chinese race but British nationality, are appointed by the Government. Demands for a greater measure of popular representation were made by the British residents to the Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1916 and again in 1919, both times unsuccessfully. In 1922 a numerously-signed petition on the subject was presented to the House of Commons.
DESCRIPTION
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The island of Hongkong is about 11 miles long and from 2 to 5 miles broad; its circumference is about 27 miles. It consists of a broken ridge of lofty hills, with few valleys of any extent and scarcely any ground available for cultivation. ⚫only valleys worthy of the name are those of Wong Nei Cheong, Tytam, and Little Hongkong, all of which are remarkably beautiful and well wooded, being in fact the only parts where any considerable arborescent vegetation was formerly to be found. The island is well watered by numerous streams, many of which are perennial. The city of Victoria and suburbs are supplied with water from the Pokfolum, Tytam, and Wong-nai Chung reservoirs. The first-named, constructed in 1866-69, has a storage capacity of sixty-six million gallons, while the Tytam reservoir, constructed in 188-388, and extended in 1896, has an area of about 31 acres and a storage capacity of about three hundred and 84 million gallons. From the Tytam reservoir the water is conveyed into town by means of a tunnel a mile and one-third in length and a conduit along the hillside some 400 feet above the sea level and enarly four miles in length, on which a fine road-called the Bowen Road - has been formed, which commands the most charming views of the city and the eastern district, and is a favourite resort of pedestrians. In many parts the conduit is carried over the ravines and rocks by ornamental stone bridges, one of which, above Wanchai, has twenty-three arches. The Wong-nai Cheong reservoir, completed
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